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Gyo by Junji Ito

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Again the art work is beautiful but, again the characterization isn’t great. Though this time I feel ito went to far in the opposite direction. Explaining too much too early ruining the odd tension that his artwork creates.

I did however really enjoy his story the enigma of amigawa falls and do agree that it is one of his best work with its digestible short horror format.

Overall I believe Uzumaki is his best followed by Tomie and than Gyo. This book being not bad but, not great leaves it at a solid 3 stars.

anyaasbooks's review

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4.0

this book somehow disturbed me more than uzumaki. in uzumaki i was most disturbed by the snail people and that is probably why i feel more disturbed reading this book.

the image of people ended up like that is so terrifying. a world where on day you woke up and find that sea animals has mechanical legs.

and as always the ending is quite beautiful in it’s own way. in uzumaki we have shuichi and kirie. here we have tadashi and kaori. i find tadashi’s feeling for kaori is something beautiful even though they weren’t exactly good to eachother back then.

meganx4499's review

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dark sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

rkalajian's review

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

vaguewhisperings's review

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Appropriately horrifying in a What Is Happening kind of way, which is resonant with me. Strong themes, but not the most striking of Ito's work. Fun popcorn read.

janagaton's review

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4.0

This one wasn't my favorite Junji Ito by all means, but I had a really fun time reading it, and as always, there were some extremely disturbing scenes and images. I enjoyed the two bonus stories at the end of this edition as well!

catharmonica's review

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adventurous dark funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

jonisbookquest's review

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3.0

3,5*

I am sad to rate it this low, cause The Enigma of Amigara Fault is one of my favorite pieces of work by Junji Ito, but the main plot just felt a little bit flat. The art is still great tho and I did have a lot of fun reading. But when the bonus chapters are the best part of the book, you might have a problem.